Engineering Manager, Upstart
Quality Engineering and Tools
$155.8-215.5k
+ Bonus + Equity
AI lending marketplace
Job no longer available
AI lending marketplace
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$155.8-215.5k
+ Bonus + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable effortless credit based on true risk.
Role
Who you are
- A minimum of 2+ years of experience in software engineering management, including the management of geographically distributed teams
- Over 10 years of industry experience in designing and building engineering tools and frameworks that test software at scale and deliver measurable improvements in code quality for cloud-based solutions
- A proven track record of deploying high quality software to production in both monolith and microservices environments
- Experience with at least one cloud technologies such as - AWS, Azure, GCP
- Ability to create proof of concepts to validate the technical approaches, and stay one step ahead of the team
- Proficiency with one or more popular object oriented languages (Java, Python, C#, etc.)
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable
- Experience managing engineering teams to identify and implement metrics to measure Product/Code quality and Developer Productivity
- Familiarity with CICD systems and deployment process automation
- Proficiency with Kotlin, Python, and Ruby
- Solid knowledge of AWS fundamentals
What the job involves
- As the Engineering Manager of Quality Engineering and Tooling at Upstart, you will manage a team of skilled engineers with solid experience in quality and productivity
- In this role, you will play a pivotal part in improving development efficiency across all our products and services
- Collaborate with your team to deliver a test platform tailored for a microservices architecture in alignment with our strategic vision
- Foster collaboration with Engineering Managers across the organization to create close feedback loops as the team releases new tools and frameworks
- Evangelize the use of quality and productivity metrics across the cross-functional teams and foster a culture of engineering quality
- Motivate the team, create opportunities for professional growth, and engage in career development conversations
- Drive enhancements in test automation across all products and services by partnering with other engineering leaders
Our take
Based in San Mateo, California, Upstart is piositioning itself as a leading AI lending marketplace, connecting millions of consumers with more than 100 banks and credit unions. In a market where credit access can be limited by traditional scoring methods, Upstart aims to make lending fairer and more accessible by using technology to better understand each borrowers true potential.
Upstart builds AI and cloud-based tools that help lenders approve more borrowers at lower rates. Its models analyze thousands of variables (not just credit scores) to predict creditworthiness more accurately. And through its platform, consumers can access personal, auto, and home-equity loans, as well as smaller "relief" loans, all through a seamless digital experience.
So far, its success is reflected in its high loan automation rate (over 90% of loans are fully processed without human intervention) and the billions in loan originations it has facilitated. The company continues to refine its AI models and expand its offerings, with the goal of helping lenders serve more customers while making borrowing easier and more affordable.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2019
$50m
SERIES D
Mar 2017
$32.5m
SERIES D
Total funding: $135.7m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health plans
- 401k Plan
- Annual wellness reimbursement
- Disability insurance
- Generous vacation policy
- Flexible time off
- Parental leave
- Family forming benefits through Carrot
- Technology equipment budget
- Personal development budget
- Various clubs and extracurricular activities
- Catered lunches
- Fully stocked micro-kitchen
Company HQ
South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
David Girouard
(Founder & CEO)They started their career at Accenture and Booz Allen & Hamilton before working in Product Management at Apple and Virage. They left their role of 8 years as President of Enterprise at Google to found Upstart in March 2012.
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